While watching a show by Survival Research Laboratories, at what point do we feel nervous? When the gigantic flame-thrower laps its angry tongue in our direction? When a tank-sized steel monster chews menacingly on a piece of scrap metal? All forms of death and destruction are accounted for by SRL, d

Cartoonish, Catastrophe, Implosive, Industrial, Kinetic art, Physical force, Playful, Robotic sculpture, Technology, Violent, Visceral

Art brut/outsider art, Catastrophe, Fantastic, Grotesque, Monumental, Perverse

Smithson is best known for his large-scale earthworks -- including "Spiral Jetty" (located in the Great Salt Lake, Utah), "Broken Circle," and "Spiral Hill" (both in a Holland quarry) -- in which he reshapes landscapes in a way that recalls both the forces of nature and ancient archeological sites.

Catastrophe, Environmental art, Ethereal, Fleeting, Huge, Monumental, Religious